tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post5840708937352997432..comments2016-11-30T20:44:36.586-07:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Funding a Political CauseAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-7405471655517983242012-01-06T20:37:02.971-07:002012-01-06T20:37:02.971-07:00&quot;Now, tobacco companies, I get.&quot;
Then I...&quot;Now, tobacco companies, I get.&quot;<br /><br />Then I would recommend Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes or Doubt is Their Product by David Michaels, as both document that the fossil fuel industry has employed the same tactic (and some of the same scientists) that the tobacco industry did to manufacture psuedo-skepticism.<br /><br />I reviewed Doubt is Their Product, <a href="http://dailydoubt.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-book-of-year.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Hume's Ghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-44668112645032765202012-01-05T05:06:20.729-07:002012-01-05T05:06:20.729-07:00The Heathen Republican
Global warming is &quot;st...<b>The Heathen Republican</b><br /><br />Global warming is &quot;still up for debate&quot; only among those who have swallowed Exxon Mobile&#39;s campaign of deception.<br /><br />However, this fact turns out to be irrelevant.<br /><br />The arguments that Exxon Mobile have funded are clearly flawed and show a callous disregard for the truth of the matter. Since we are talking about a potential risk to whole cities for the sake of a few billion dollars, we are talking about a level of villainy fitting of a James Bond movie.<br /><br />If I identified a button that MIGHT detonate a nuclear weapon in a city, is it permissible to push the button because the claim that it might blow up a city &quot;is still up for debate&quot;?<br /><br />More important, regardless of whether the claims in the report happen to be accurate, is it morally permissible to lie about the report in order to get people to reject it (and press the button), rather than confront its claims directly and honestly?<br /><br />What type of creature would do that?Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-71329000684340971132012-01-04T20:45:09.957-07:002012-01-04T20:45:09.957-07:00Seems like &quot;moral monster&quot; is a little h...Seems like &quot;moral monster&quot; is a little hyperbolic. You know, Doug, global warming is still up for debate. Seems over the top to call political opponents moral monsters.<br /><br />Now, tobacco companies, I get.The Heathen Republicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14648635662703229678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-10933125384884711672012-01-04T20:37:51.869-07:002012-01-04T20:37:51.869-07:00Short answer: For funding a disinformation campaig...Short answer: For funding a disinformation campaign intended to discredit global warming, thereby making sure that politicians don&#39;t do anything about it - which is good for Exxon, but not good for, say, people who are going to have their homes flooded by rising sea levels.Doug S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11918949543315280580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-21741842273924207542012-01-04T19:08:31.623-07:002012-01-04T19:08:31.623-07:00I&#39;m enjoying the series, so I&#39;m not here t...I&#39;m enjoying the series, so I&#39;m not here to pick a fight. I&#39;m curious, though, why you describe executives of Exxon Mobile as &quot;moral monsters?&quot;The Heathen Republicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14648635662703229678noreply@blogger.com